(02-09-2014 08:12 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  And we don't need coaches who can win IF we build them facilities; we need coaches who can win if we don't. Because if we have the former, they seem not to get it done once they have the facilities; and if we have the latter, we will get the facilities. See Graham, Wayne.

Very well said.

Here are the latest rankings, this time using the BPI:

51. La. Tech (20-5)
52. So. Miss. (21-3)
85. UTEP (18-6)
114. Middle Tenn. (17-7)
119. Tulsa (11-12)
134. Charlotte (14-9)
162. UAB (14-9)
192. Old Dominion (11-13)
207. Fla. Atlantic (9-15)
218. North Texas (11-12)
219. Marshall (8-17)
235. East Carolina (13-11)
249. Fla. Int'l (12-12)
253. Tulane (13-11)
305. Rice (7-16)
314. UTSA (7-15)

SMU cracks the AP poll this week at #23.

The AAC has five teams in this week's AP Top 25 - only on of which (Louisville) is leaving the conference.

(02-10-2014 06:38 PM)Orange County Owl Wrote:  SMU cracks the AP poll this week at #23.

The AAC has five teams in this week's AP Top 25 - only on of which (Louisville) is leaving the conference.

Here are the AAC Rankings, using the BPI:

13. Louisville (19-4)
26. SMU (19-5)
27. Connecticut (18-5)
30. Cincinnati (22-3)
33. Memphis (18-5)
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156. Houston (12-12)
171. So. Florida (12-12)
172. Temple (6-16)
182. Rutgers (10-14)
188. UCF (9-12)

(02-10-2014 07:06 PM)WRCisforgotten79 Wrote:  

(02-10-2014 06:38 PM)Orange County Owl Wrote:  SMU cracks the AP poll this week at #23.

The AAC has five teams in this week's AP Top 25 - only on of which (Louisville) is leaving the conference.

Here are the AAC Rankings, using the BPI:

13. Louisville (19-4)
26. SMU (19-5)
27. Connecticut (18-5)
30. Cincinnati (22-3)
33. Memphis (18-5)
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156. Houston (12-12)
171. So. Florida (12-12)
172. Temple (6-16)
182. Rutgers (10-14)
188. UCF (9-12)

The Big 10 has got to be really geeked up for some Rutgers basketball. Next year's Rutgers-Nebraska game will surely be must-see-TV.

(02-10-2014 08:48 AM)Tiki Owl Wrote:  

(02-10-2014 07:54 AM)DFW Owl Wrote:  

Quote: What bothered me was this wasn't a very big Tulsa team and both Obi and Drone had success bullying their inside guys but we never ran them out together.

Have they ever been on the court together this year?

Only in warmups in the games I have seen (which is almost every home game).

The stat sheet is rich on riceowls.com. Apparently, Rice hasn't played any non-conference games this year.

I went there to see if the averages suggested they had to overlap - unfortunately, no, it appears quite possible. In the 10 conference matchups, Drone averages 10.4 and Obi 28.1. There are apparently at least 5 minutes with neither of them out there (probably end of half situations).

(02-10-2014 07:39 PM)Orange County Owl Wrote:  

(02-10-2014 07:06 PM)WRCisforgotten79 Wrote:  

(02-10-2014 06:38 PM)Orange County Owl Wrote:  SMU cracks the AP poll this week at #23.

The AAC has five teams in this week's AP Top 25 - only on of which (Louisville) is leaving the conference.

Here are the AAC Rankings, using the BPI:

13. Louisville (19-4)
26. SMU (19-5)
27. Connecticut (18-5)
30. Cincinnati (22-3)
33. Memphis (18-5)
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156. Houston (12-12)
171. So. Florida (12-12)
172. Temple (6-16)
182. Rutgers (10-14)
188. UCF (9-12)

The Big 10 has got to be really geeked up for some Rutgers basketball. Next year's Rutgers-Nebraska game will surely be must-see-TV.

I still don't get how Rutgers made it over unconn, guess they were holding out for the acc.

Maybe Governor Christie's staff threatened to conduct a massive "traffic study" from State College to Minneapolis if the State University of New Jersey was left out of Big 10 expansion.

I still don't get how Rutgers made it over unconn, guess they were holding out for the acc.
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Rutgers made it into the fka Big 10 because they are the NYC tv market. That is the rational at least; I had no idea NYC residents followed any Rutgers sports.

(02-10-2014 09:16 PM)gsloth Wrote:  

(02-10-2014 08:48 AM)Tiki Owl Wrote:  

(02-10-2014 07:54 AM)DFW Owl Wrote:  

Quote: What bothered me was this wasn't a very big Tulsa team and both Obi and Drone had success bullying their inside guys but we never ran them out together.

Have they ever been on the court together this year?

Only in warmups in the games I have seen (which is almost every home game).

The stat sheet is rich on riceowls.com. Apparently, Rice hasn't played any non-conference games this year.

I went there to see if the averages suggested they had to overlap - unfortunately, no, it appears quite possible. In the 10 conference matchups, Drone averages 10.4 and Obi 28.1. There are apparently at least 5 minutes with neither of them out there (probably end of half situations).

Did you let them know of the issue?